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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) arises in patients with chronic liver diseases, particularly in those with liver cirrhosis, at a rate of more than 80% in Japan [1, 2]. Because of periodic examinations with ultrasonography (US) [3, 4] and serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) measurement [5, 6] in high-risk patients with liver cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis, a large number of small HCC, often smaller than 2cm, have been diagnosed during follow-up of such patients.
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Ebara, M., Kita, K., Yoshikawa, M., Sugiura, N., Ohto, M. (1992). Percutaneous ethanol injection for patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma. In: Tobe, T., et al. Primary Liver Cancer in Japan. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68177-9_28
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